"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.

Idioms:

  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.